Operation Objetive

To help reduce maternal, neonatal and child morbidity and mortality through a comprehensive health care strategy that improves access, use and quality of maternal, reproductive, neonatal and child health services in 21 municipalities in the poorest departments of the country. Execution of the operation is based on three harmonized and integrated components:

Strengthen availability and quality of maternal-infant services at the community and institutional levels.

Increase demand for health services.

Supervision, monitoring and management.

Resources

FIRST OPERATION

Initiative Funding

USD 5,830,000 + Performace Tranche USD 1,943,333

Government counterpart

USD 3,886,667

Total first operation

USD 11,660,000

FIVE YEARS - COMBINED 1st & 2nd OP

Initiative Funding

USD 13,634,645 + Performace Tranche 4,544,882

Government counterpart

USD 9,089,763

Country totals

USD 27,269,290

Expected Outcomes

50%

Increase by 50 percentage points the number of births attended according to standards.

30%

Increase by 30–40 percentage points the quality of obstetric and neonatal emergency care.

10%

Reduce by 10 percentage points prevalence of anemia in children 6–24 months old.

8%

Increase by 8 percentage points postpartum care.

15%

Increase by 15 percentage points coverage of zinc for treatment of diarrhea in children <5 years old.